Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ब्रह्माण्डे देवता याश्च ताः सर्वास्तत्र चागताः । हृष्टाः प्रभासके क्षेत्रे प्रारब्धे यज्ञकर्म्मणि

Transliteration

brahmāṇḍe devatā yāśca tāḥ sarvāstatra cāgatāḥ | hṛṣṭāḥ prabhāsake kṣetre prārabdhe yajñakarmmaṇi

Translation

Toutes les divinités qui existent dans le Brahmāṇḍa (l’univers) y vinrent. Dans la joie, elles s’assemblèrent au champ sacré de Prabhāsa lorsque le rite du yajña eut commencé.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्माण्डे: in the universe (Brahmāṇḍa)
• ब्रह्माण्डे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'ब्रह्मणः अण्डम्'

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• याः: who/which
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative pronoun)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• आगताः: (they) came/arrived
• आगताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थ: 'आगत' = having come

• हृष्टाः: delighted
• हृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP used adjectivally); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अर्थ: delighted

• प्रभासके: in Prabhāsa
• प्रभासके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभासक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; स्थानविशेषण

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• प्रारब्धे: when (it was) begun
• प्रारब्धे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-आ-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; 'प्रारब्धे' = when begun

• यज्ञकर्म्मणि: in the sacrificial rite
• यज्ञकर्म्मणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'यज्ञस्य कर्म'

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer (traditionally a sage/kingly audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the yajña begins, the entire pantheon arrives—Indra and devas with luminous vehicles, sages with matted locks, all rejoicing around a consecrated altar near the sea-breeze of the western shore.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prabhāsa is celebrated as so sanctified that divine presence naturally converges there when dharma (yajña) is set in motion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), explicitly named as the site of the yajña.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña is referenced as having begun, but no procedural injunctions are given in this verse.